Levitz Furniture Incorporated

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,780 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,720 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 5,018
• Sub-industry: 57 Home Furniture, Furnishings, and Equipment Stores
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: FL West Palm Beach
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Skadden Arps
• Date of filing: September 5, 1997
• Judge at filing: Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 97-01842
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: December 14, 2000
• Judge at disposition: Mary F. Walrath
• Days from filing to disposition: 1196

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, refiled